I am a Christian and believe that God placed all of us hear for a reason. I am a student of life; a lover of children and animals. I am a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and teacher. I believe that our country's most important resource is our children and that we need to do a better job of nurturing, educating, protecting and providing for their basic needs. I believe in the public education system, but I also believe that the general public hasn't a clue as to the magnitude of the role that schools play in the lives of children today.

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I abhor the closed mindedness of people who cannot look past surface differences in people or even situations, to see commonalities. We have to be willing to look for common ground and respect cultural differences.